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...supporting cast of rogues, most of whom are devil- dolled up in grotesque prostheses and outlandish mannerisms but are given ample room to strut their stuff. Their leader is Pacino, who as Big Boy gives Batman's Jack Nicholson a lesson or two in how to play a comic-book villain: as part psychotic mastermind, part Hollywood dance director -- a Bugsy Siegel who wants to be Busby Berkeley...
...gangland drama of wit and grace, narrative sweep and unique visual style. All this and Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman (strutting their roguish stuff while devil-dolled up in grotesque makeup) and a knockout Madonna too. It may not be a great movie -- after all, it's only comic-book art -- but it's great moviemaking...
...expense approach can apply to every facet of moviemaking. Disney has gone about $5 million over budget on Dick Tracy, in part because the studio decided, five months after the film had been shot, to upgrade the 57 matte-painting backdrops that were used to help create a comic-book appearance. The improved matte work includes twinkling lights and moving boats and cars. Paramount had to frantically accelerate the editing of Days of Thunder to get the film ready for its summer release. The speedup meant that crews had to work around the clock, piling up mountains of overtime...
ARCHIE: TO RIVERDALE AND BACK AGAIN (NBC, May 6, 9 p.m. EDT). The comic-book teenagers, grown to thirtysomething age, come to TV in a two-hour movie. Archie is now a lawyer, Veronica a divorcee and Jughead a psychiatrist. Hmmm, maybe we liked them better as kids...
This production of A Midsummer Night's Dream's greatest flaw, however, is that it sometimes overdoes its interpretative staging. The comic-book touches, such as the "zap" that fairies cry after magic mutterings, are almost too cute. The result is funny but cheap...